Tourism Impacts, Planning and Management
- ISBN-10
- 1317704371
- ISBN-13
- 9781317704379
- Series
- Tourism Impacts, Planning and Management
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 363
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015-08-27
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Author
- Peter Mason
Description
Tourism Impacts, Planning and Management is a unique text, which links these three crucial areas of tourism - impacts, planning and management. Tourism impacts are multi-faceted and therefore are difficult to plan for and manage. This title looks at all the key players involved - be they tourists, host communities or industry members - and considers a number of approaches and techniques for managing tourism impacts successfully. Now in a third edition, this bestselling text has been fully revised to include: New material on: terrorism, sustainability, climate change, sex tourism, heritage tourism, theories of tourism planning and GIS. New chapter on Destination Planning and Management Updated tourism data and statistics Case studies on urban tourism, pro-poor tourism, cruise ship tourism, coral reef tourism, historic monuments, eco-labels, codes of conduct and sustainable tourism from both developed and developing regions, including Australia, Iceland, Spain, the UK, Namibia, the Arctic and Antarctica. A companion website including PPTs, video and web links. The text is written in an accessible style and includes a plethora of features that engage and aid understanding. This accessible yet academically rigorous introduction to tourism impacts, planning and management is essential reading for all tourism students.
Get the book
Other editions
Similar books
-
Understanding and Managing Tourism Impacts: An Integrated Approach
By C. Michael Hall, Alan A. LewChanges in communications technology In 1965, the co-founder of Intel, Gordon Moore, observed that digital technology, as measured by capacity and speed, was growing exponentially, resulting in a doubling every one to two years (Moore ...
-
Understanding and Managing Tourism Impacts: An Integrated Approach
By C. Michael Hall, Alan A. Lew... Amber Waves (September), http://ers.usda.gov/AmberWaves/ September05/Features/RuralAreasBenefit.htm (accessed 28 February 2008). Brown, L. (1981) Building a Sustainable Society, New York: W.W. Norton. Bryman, A., Bytheway, B., ...
-
The Routledge Handbook of Tourism Impacts: Theoretical and Applied Perspectives
By Dogan Gursoy, Robin Nunkoo... climate change 330; growth of tourism 299; INSTO 65; path dependence 148; personal selling 333; smart technologies 403, 406–407, 432, 433–434; smart tourism ecosystems 409–410, 430–438; smart tourism experiences 410–412; SMEs 159; ...
-
Wildlife Tourism: Impacts, Management and Planning
By Karen HigginbottomThis is a comprehensive volume on the subject of wildlife tourism, written by experts in the field and drawing on a wide range of disciplines. It covers the full scope...
-
Planning and Managing the Experience Economy in Tourism
By CARLOS, Costa, BredaDelving further into concepts like creative tourism, destination attributes, and smart experiences, this book serves as a dynamic resource for travel agencies, tourism managers, tourism professionals, marketers, destination managers, ...
-
Tourism in National Parks and Protected Areas: Planning and Management
By Paul F. J. Eagles, Stephen F. McCoolThis book describes the state of the art of tourism planning and management in national parks and protected areas.
-
Wildlife Tourism: Impacts, Management and Planning
By Karen HigginbottomThis is a comprehensive volume on the subject of wildlife tourism, written by experts in the field and drawing on a wide range of disciplines.
-
Festival and Event Tourism Impacts
By Dogan Gursoy, Robin Nunkoo, Medet YolalFestival and Event Tourism Impacts provides a comprehensive review and analysis of the multi-faceted impacts that festival and events have on a host community, whether positive or negative, and offers recommendations for communities for the ...
-
Tourism Planning and Development in Western Europe
By Konstantinos Andriotis, Dimitrios Stylidis, Carla Pinto CardosoFocusing exclusively on tourism development, planning and policy, this book draws together new voices to discuss issues across Belgium, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Greenland, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Norway, ...
-
Geography of Tourism: Image, Impacts and Issues
By Peter MasonProvides an awareness of the spatial nature of tourism by means of a geographical perspective, and offers a critical analysis of major contemporary geographical themes and issues relating to tourism.